The myths we live by
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Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16197238M
- ISBN-100415340772
- OCLC Control Number1162470611
- OCLC Control Numbermythsweliveby0000midg_b6g2
- Library of Congress Control Number2020690817
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- Goodreads168414
- LibraryThing192916
Classifications
- DDC191
- LCCBL304.M53 2004
- LCCBL304 .M53 2003
Description
Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
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